Entering the shipbuilding district in Alexandria, and one might be forgiven for thinking of a shipwreck. Planks are tossed here and there, and there are the unfinished skeletons of boats suspended in time for years. These things bear witness to the (...)
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) allied with the US-led International Coalition are now closing in on the last strongholds of Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Syria, and IS has said that a large number of its foreign fighters have surrendered and (...)
Russia's officially neutral track and field team swelled in size as the IAAF approved 21 more athletes on Thursday to compete internationally - but Russia says it's too late for next week's European indoor championships.
The IAAF ruled Yelena (...)
“Only Turkey should be present in the safe zone” that Ankara wants to establish in northern Syria, said its Defence Minister Hulusi Akar last Friday while in Germany for the Munich Security Conference.
He insisted that the area had to be cleared of (...)
Harvest Foods Egypt aims to increase exports by 35% this year by opening new markets.
The company's Exports Director, Mohamed Abdel Hamid, said that they achieved exports worth $5.4m last year across 25 countries.
He added that the company plans to (...)
Amr Suleiman, chairperson of Al-Amal Automotive Trading and Assembly Company, Lada's agent in Egypt, said the Russian company has not informed him about the establishment of a new plant for the company in Egypt. Al-Amal has been assembling Lada cars (...)
The Egyptian food industries sector aims to be present in four main international exhibitions to market its products around the world. The exhibitions include Gulfood, Anuga, and Fruit Logistica.
Dalia Kabil, the chairperson of Concept Exhibitions, (...)
Although Brexit and the Venezuelan crisis, both seemingly insurmountable problems, dominate the headlines, the world has not stopped turning, and other issues require our attention in a more structural manner.
For example, in Brussels we recently (...)
On Sunday, this week, Libyans celebrated the eighth anniversary of the revolution that ousted Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after more than four decades in power.
It took eight months of fierce battling between regime forces and Western-backed opposition (...)
The U.S. Department of Justice may announce as early as next week that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has given the attorney general his report on the federal Russia investigation, CNN said on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
After the expected (...)
Moscow will match any U.S. move to deploy new nuclear missiles closer to Russia by stationing its own missiles closer to the United States or by deploying faster missiles or both, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
In Washington, the U.S. (...)
The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, said that he rejects any foreign presence in the Syrian territory in principle, during a meeting on Sunday to discuss the Syrian crisis during the 2019 Munich Security Conference.
The (...)
The chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Mohab Mamish says an agreement was reached with Russia to establish a company to operate and administer the anticipated $7 billion (...)
A senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday flatly rejected the idea of giving Syrian Kurds a measure of autonomy, saying such a move would open the door to the partition of the country.
The Kurdish-led authority that runs much (...)
Venezuelan troops will remain stationed along the country's borders to prevent territorial violations, the defense minister said on Tuesday, ahead of the opposition's plan to bring in humanitarian aid to alleviate an economic crisis.
President (...)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned members of Venezuela's military who remain loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro that they are risking their future and their lives and urged them to allow humanitarian aid into the (...)
قدم عدد من أعضاء مجلس الشيوخ الأمريكي، يوم الأربعاء الماضي، مشروع قانون جديد لفرض المزيد من العقوبات على روسيا؛ بسبب تدخلها في الانتخابات الرئاسية الأمريكية، وتورطها العسكري في أوكرانيا.
وحسبما نشرته صحيفة «نيوزويك» الأمريكية، فإن مشروع القانون هذا (...)
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) forecasted in its last report a positive outlook for tourism in 2019, expecting that the Middle East will witness a growth of 4 – 6% in terms of international tourist arrivals.
UNWTO also (...)
In 2009, then U.S. Vice President Joe Biden came to Munich to "press the reset button" with Russia. A decade later he came again to offer the world better relations, this time with his own country.
Promising that "America will be back" once Donald (...)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday his government would not bargain over the country's constitution with the Turkey-backed opposition, lambasting a U.N. peace process that aims to rewrite its terms.
A congress convened by Russia, (...)
A day after British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson accused Moscow of “trying to goad the West” in a bellicose speech, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called him Britain's minister of war.
Williamson, addressing the Munich Security (...)
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence rebuked European powers over Iran and Venezuela on Saturday in a renewed attack on Washington's traditional allies, rejecting a call by Germany's chancellor to include Russia in global cooperation efforts.
Describing (...)
Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered a robust defence on Saturday of Germany's foreign trade relations and ties with Russia, urging global leaders meeting in Munich to work together to tackle the world's problems.
Addressing an audience including (...)
Africa has been called “the continent of the future” and “the cursed continent” and both phrases reflect a facet of the truth. The continent possesses a cornucopia of riches that have long lured great powers.
Their rivalries sowed tensions and (...)
US military aircraft are expected to deliver more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, with the shipment likely to take place on Saturday, a U.S. official said on Friday.
The official, who spoke on condition of (...)
